Background

Hon. Rozanne L. Ridgway serves as the Chairman of Hanseatic Capital. Hon. Ridgway has been a Non-Executive Chairman of the Baltic American Enterprise Fund since July 1994. Hon. Ridgway serves as Chairman of CNA Corporation and CNA Analysis & Solutions. She serves as Director of 3M Precision Optics, Inc. She has been Director of Union Carbide Corp. since 1990. She has been Independent Trustee of EuroPacific Growth Fund since 2005. She has been Director of Reeef New World ... Fund since 2005. She has been Director of New Perspective Fund since 2000. She has been Director of 3M Canada Company since 1989. She has been Trustee of American Funds Insurance Series - New World Fund since 2005 and its fund complex. Hon. Ridgway also serves as a Director of Bell Atlantic Corp., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, RJR Nabisco Inc., and Nabisco Inc. She is a Trustee of the National Geographic Society and Hamline University. She served as a Director of Emerson Electric Company from 1995 to December 7, 2012. Hon. Ridgway served as a Director of 3M Company from 1989 to May 13, 2008. Hon. Ridgway served as a Director of CitiCorp. since 1990 and a Director of CitibankN.A. She served as Director of The Hillshire Brands Company from 1992 to October 29, 2009. Hon. Ridgway served as Director of 3M Cardiovascular Devices, Inc. She has been a Director RJR Acquisition Corp. since 1989. She has been a Director of ManpowerGroup Inc. from February 2002 to April 29, 2008. Hon. Ridgway served as Trustee of The Brookings Institution. Hon. Ridgway served as a Director of Nabisco Holdings Corp. since 1999. Hon. Ridgway served as a Director of The Boeing Company from 1992 to April 28, 2008. She served as the President of The Atlantic Council of the United States from 1989 to 1992. Hon. Ridgway served as an Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs from 1985 to 1989. Hon. Ridgway served 32 years with the United States State Department, including service as an Ambassador to Finland from 1977 to 1980 and a Counselor of the United States State Department from 1980 to 1981 and as an Ambassador to German Democratic Republic from 1982 to 1985. She served in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1957 to 1989, including assignments as an Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries Affairs. Hon. Ridgway served as a Co-Chair of The Atlantic Council of the United States from 1993 to 1996. Hon. Ridgway is a Member of American Academy of Diplomacy and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. She serves as a Member of the International Advisory Board of the New Perspective Fund. She is a Member of several non-profit institutions concerned with public policy. She graduated from Hamline University and holds honorary degrees from several universities.

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